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Nightmares from the Nineties

13 January 2018

9:00 AM

13 January 2018

9:00 AM

The release of the Keating Cabinet papers was an opportunity for the Left to salivate over one of their politico-cultural icons. But I remember the Keating Era differently.

Keating gave Australia the recession we had to have. He presided over 17.5 per cent interest rates making home ownership an impossible dream. 

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